UEB Glossary
Collection of terms and explanations helping to clarify the transition from EBAE to UEB
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grade 1
the meaning assigned to a braille sign which would otherwise be read as a contraction or as a numeral (Meanings assigned under special modes such as arrows are not considered grade 1.) |
grade 1 braille
used interchangeably with uncontracted |
grade 2 braille
used interchangeably with contracted |
graphic sign
a braille sign that stands for a single print symbol |
groupsign
a contraction which represents a group of letters |
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indicator
a braille sign that does not directly represent a print symbol but that indicates how subsequent braille sign(s) are to be interpreted |
initial-letter contraction
a two-cell braille sign formed by dot 5, dots 45 or dots 456 followed by the first letter or groupsign of the word |
item
any one of a precisely-defined grouping of braille signs used primarily in technical material to establish the extent of certain indicators, such as indices |
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letters-sequence
an unbroken string of alphabetic signs preceded and followed by non-alphabetic signs, including space |
lower
containing neither dot 1 nor dot 4 |